Importance of data science stressed

Data is the core of every single aspect in the world right now, Karen Bartleson, president-elect of the Institution of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), has said. In her address at the IEEE international conference on Data Science and Engineering (ICDSE-2016) that began at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) on Tuesday, Ms. Bartleson said data science goes beyond the use of data mining, business analytics and statistical analysis to look for patterns in massive data sets. Data is being used by scientists in various levels ranging from traffic patterns at the busiest signals to polling trends in the Lok Sabha election to analysing the spread of various diseases based on their historical occurrences by region, she was quoted as saying in an official release issued here. Ms.…